LM46

PERFORMANCE

The LM46 was built with the recognition that two boats sailing in the same direction, at the same time, constitutes a race. A powerful cruising rig that includes swept-back spreaders and 1,183 square feet of sail, including a squaretop main, gives the LM46 an impressive turn of speed; rolling out the optional asymmetrical spinnaker steps thing up a notch and lets the yacht hit speeds of 10 knots or more. When conditions are right, this yacht can click off 240 miles per day, while the wooden hull, 43’ waterline length, and comfortable displacement-length ratio of 133 allows for one-handed steering or easy steering by autopilot, no matter the weather.

Like everything else aboard the LM46, sail-handling is kept simple, efficient, and user-friendly: roller furling for the jib, a detachable staysail, and a mainsail furling system that is fast, easy, and effective. Following the French lead, we’re keeping weight out of the bow of the LM46 by using almost all anchor rode instead of chain. Quiet, easy — just like the LM46 itself.

And while the LM46 revels under sail, it can also deliver its crew just as swiftly under power, with an 80- or optional 110-horsepower Yanmar diesel powering the yacht at up to 10 knots. Because sometimes, alas, you really do need to be home by Sunday night.

LAYOUT & DESIGN

One word sums up the layout and design of the LM46: Soul. Too many boats built and bought today lack this key element, but by carefully considering every aspect of this new yacht – including the hull material itself – boatbuilders Cabot and Heidi Lyman and yacht designer Kevin Dibley have created a boat that is ingenious in its simplicity, efficiency, and performance.

The spacious cockpit features 6’5″ seats, ideal for accommodating guests or, when the weather is right, a night of sleeping under the stars. Twin helms offer unrivaled visibility, while the drop-down transom affords no-step access to and from the dinghy. All sail-handling is easily managed without ever leaving the cockpit.

Step below and enjoy a seat in the spacious salon and take in the V-groove overhead and Herreshoff-styled bulkheads and trim – you’ll instantly find yourself transported from your daily life to somewhere quieter, simpler, more elegant. The wraparound galley, designed using the lessons Cabot and Heidi learned during 16 years of living on their boats around the world, is as appropriate to preparing a three-course dinner as it is for mixing up a batch of evening cocktails. The aft full berth makes for a welcoming guest cabin or, when offshore, the ideal sea berth.

Moving forward, to starboard you’ll find a separate head with vanity and shower. The huge forepeak includes a centerline queen bed, allowing access from each side, and storage for a weekend or a month’s worth of clothes and gear. Here, as everywhere aboard the LM46, you’ll be struck as much by what you see as what you don’t – we’ve included everything that you need and nothing that you don’t (watermaker, A/C, excess electronics). 

Recognizing that every crew has unique needs and desires in their family yacht, the LM46 is available in three cabin configurations and two keel options. The single aft cabin version allows for a huge lazarette to starboard, while a second head option shifts the aft cabin to starboard and still allows for a cockpit locker. The double aft cabin version offers the most interior accommodations of all. At just 6′ draft, the shoal keel version allows the yacht to explore shallow anchorages, while the deeper 7’7″ keel increases performance even further. For those seeking to take it up another notch, we also offer a 10′ draft version.

SAILS & RIGGING

Sails:

• Fully battened squaretop main
• 100% jib
• Asymmetrical spinnaker (optional)
• Staysail (optional)
• Code Zero (optional)

Rigging:

• Mast – Aluminum or carbon (air clearance of 63’10” allows access under ICW bridges)

Sail handling:

• Primary and secondary sheet winches, easily reached by helmsman and crew with the ability to stand and grind without leaving the cockpit
• Halyard winches – Manual or Electric (optional), also used for reefing lines, located on cabinhouse top
• Spinlock jammers/clutches

RECONNECTING – FAMILY SAILING

The LM46 doesn’t deny the “real” world – it puts it in perspective.

More than 170,000 miles of sailing together, including a three-year circumnavigation with their three boys and numerous offshore races and trips to the Caribbean and the South Pacific, has shown Cabot and Heidi Lyman one thing: Boats have become too complicated. As the founders and owners of the world-renowned Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company for the past 43 years, they’ve built over 110 vessels, many of them equipped with watermakers, in-boom furling, and digital screens of all shapes and sizes. For many of us, all that gadgetry just distances us from why we started sailing in the first place: Reconnecting to a simpler way of life. Our day-to-day lives have become consumed with devices, passwords, and updates. Over time, our boats have tried to keep pace instead of providing an escape, a place where you can forget the world and simply enjoy. The LM46 changes that.

Spectacular in its simplicity, powerful in its performance, unparalleled in its quality. Contact us today and make the LM46 a member of your sailing family.